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Poll Question: Which is your favorite??
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
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5 [8.06%]
5 [8.06%]
9 [14.52%]
4 [6.45%]
15 [24.19%]
6 [9.68%]
5 [8.06%]
0 [0.00%]
2 [3.23%]
3 [4.84%]
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    Posted: November 24 2020 at 14:27
Think of me with Kindness is so good. It beats out Ripples, Tull and Renaissance.
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Gentle Giant for me
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I say Burden by Opeth......ever since Mony my love introduced Opeth to me some years ago, I cannot get enuff of this band :):)
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Ripples, with Wonderous Stories and Ocean Gypsy tied for second.
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Ripples by a mile.
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I would choose Silent lucidity, but Think of Me With Kindness - Gentle Giant is absolutely killer, it makes me cry really, fabulous
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Ripples, magnificent and epic, one of the best of the band.
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Obvious one to vote for was Ripples but I like the good even spread of choices here (except for DT).
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Ok, so where's the ballads? Tongue

I don't know all of them but I voted for silent lucidity anyway. Ripples would be a close second. Wonderous Stories is great but I don't really consider it a ballad.


Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - November 23 2020 at 18:36
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Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

think Mad Man Moon is a better ballad but chose Ripples.

I like MMM better too, though I think Ripples works better for this definition of "ballad" because its instrumental middle section doesn't get theatrical and slightly angsty like the former's does.
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Haven't heard the first and last choices yet, but great stuff. Hard to choose. I'll go with GG simply for relatable lyrics that really get me. It's not often that the lyrics will sway me in these polls as opposed to the composition, but when they're all that good...
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Spirit of the Water is wonderful, but not a ballad.
Ocean Gypsy is wonderful and is one, so gets my vote.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Ocean Gypsy, although I would've chosen Ripples if it was Annie Haslam's version. Smile
 


Too cool!  I didn't know Annie did this cover, and its quite good, but I still think the original Genesis version is better.
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Ripples
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I think I prefer C'Est La Vie of Emerson Lake & Palmer, as a true ballad.
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"Different Strings" and "C'est La Vie" are fantastic. If I could vote for both, I would...
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think Mad Man Moon is a better ballad but chose Ripples.
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Silent Stories Ripple across the Ocean Water Into the Sun. In that order.
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Ocean Gypsy, although I would've chosen Ripples if it was Annie Haslam's version. Smile
 
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